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Foreword

This publication was developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities
(U4SSC) initiative.

Acknowledgements

The development of this deliverable was led and coordinated by Ramón Ferri (Smart City Officer of
the València City Council, Spain) in collaboration with Cristina Bueti (ITU), Sahifa Imran (Consultant,
ITU), Mythili Menon (ITU), Ángel Gómez, Javier Llavador, Natalia Palomar and Víctor Vicente (València
Smart City Office members).

Ramón Ferri, Ángel Gómez, Javier Llavador, Natalia Palomar and Víctor Vicente, wish to thank the
U4SSC management team: Nasser Al Marzouqi (U4SSC Chairman), Katrina Naut, Abdurahman M.
Al Hassan, Paolo Gemma, Tania Marcos and Giampiero Bambagioni (U4SSC Vice-Chairmen) for
their assistance and contributions.

The authors also extend their gratitude to the UN contributing organizations, along with their
representatives: Oliver Hillel from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Lucy Winchester
and Vera Kiss from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),
Simone Borelli from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cristina Bueti and Mythili
Menon (ITU), Iryna Usava from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), James
Murombedzi from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Guilherme
Canela from the Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Martina Otto and Sharon Gil
from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Matthew Ulterino from the United Nations
Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), Motsomi Maletjane from the United Nations
Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), Andre Dzikus, Tania Lim, Jean Yves and
Robert Lewis-Lettington from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat),
Gulnara Roll from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Mark Draeck,
Katarina Barunica Spoljaric and Nicholas Dehod from the United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO), William Kennedy from the United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP),
Soumaya Ben Dhaou and Judy Backhouse from the United Nations University – Operating Unit on
Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV), Sylvia Hordosch from the United Nations Entity
for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and Alexander Baklanov from
the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

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